ancient climate

A dinosaur egg sampled for geochronology. Photo: Dr. Bi Zhao

Atomic clock for fossils: Direct dating of dinosaur eggs from China reveals an age of about 85 million years

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Researchers have applied U-Pb carbonate dating directly to eggshells from the Qinglongshan site in Yunyang for the first time, determining an Upper Cretaceous age and offering a new window into ancient climate and dinosaur diversity dynamics
Large asteroids collide with Earth. The illustration was prepared using DALEE and is not a scientific image

Two huge asteroids hit the Earth 35 million years ago - and did not change anything

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New research reveals that massive asteroid impacts, which created two of the largest craters on Earth, did not cause long-term climate changes
Evaporation of the Dead Sea. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Rains, steam, and everything in between

A comparison between the level of evaporation in the current Dead Sea compared to the ancient period, may help in understanding the climate that existed in our region, in the past
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